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Con-way Freight Names Bruce H. Moss as Vice President – Human Resources

30-Year Industry Veteran Assumes Key Executive Leadership Position, Succeeds Retiring Vice President Scott J. Engers

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - January 07, 2009

Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload (LTL) freight carrier and the largest subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), announced today that Bruce H. Moss has been promoted to vice president, human resources.

A 30-year veteran of the freight transportation industry, Mr. Moss was previously Con-way Freight’s vice president, operations, central area. In his new role, he assumes responsibility for the strategic planning, development and direction of human resources activities and policies governing Con-way Freight’s 18,150-person workforce nationwide. He succeeds Scott J. Engers, who is retiring following a distinguished 25-year career with the company as its chief counsel and top employee relations executive.

“Bruce Moss is a highly-respected trucking executive whose experience across many operational and managerial roles at Con-way Freight provides the ideal foundation for this key leadership position,” said John G. Labrie, president, Con-way Freight. “Bruce’s superior communication skills and broad industry expertise will strengthen our executive management team and will bring continued improvement to this important functional discipline.

“I want to thank Scott Engers for his exemplary service to our organization,” Labrie continued. “His counsel and professionalism spanning more than two decades with Con-way has been invaluable to our growth and development. We wish Scott and his family all the best for a rewarding and fulfilling retirement.”

Bruce Moss started his freight transportation career in 1978 with Carolina Freight Carriers in terminal operations and management.He joined the Con-way organization in 1990 with the former Con-way Southern Express as service center manager in Hickory, N.C. In 1991 he was named director of personnel and safety, and in 1995 became region manager for Con-way Southern in Charlotte, N.C.In 2000, Mr. Moss was promoted to vice president of sales for Con-way Central Express, Ann Arbor, Mich., becoming vice president-operations five years later. With the transformation of Con-way’s regional structure into a single operating company in 2007, he assumed responsibilities as the company’s vice president of operations, central area. Mr. Moss is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He remains located in Ann Arbor, reporting to Con-way Freight President John Labrie.

Paul Lorensen named Vice President, Operations, Central Area

Succeeding Mr. Moss as central area operations vice president is Paul Lorensen. A 20-year Con-way veteran, Mr. Lorensen was a member of the start-up team that launched Con-way Southwest Express in 1989, opening the company’s first service center in San Antonio, Texas. In 1992 he became assistant service center manager in Dallas, later advancing to service center manager at Fort Worth, Texas and Atlanta, Ga. He subsequently was promoted to region manager in Houston and later in Atlanta before moving to the general office as director of quality assurance. Prior to his current promotion, he was director of solutions engineering for Con-way Freight in Ann Arbor. Mr. Lorensen holds a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education from Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas.

“We are very pleased to have Paul Lorensen moving into this key operating role,” said Greg Lehmkuhl, Con-way Freight’s executive vice president, operations. “Paul’s diverse field experience coupled with his understanding of quality processes and operations engineering will help accelerate our initiatives for increased efficiency while improving on-time service, fast transit times and claims-free deliveries for our customers.”Mr. Lorensen remains based in Ann Arbor reporting to Mr. Lehmkuhl.

About Con-way Freight
Con-way Freight is the industry’s leading less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation company, providing guaranteed, day-definite regional and transcontinental service through a single, unified network of more than 300 operating locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. Based in Ann Arbor, Mich., Con-way Freight offers LTL freight delivery across North America, as well as delivery in the United States for international less-than-container (LCL) ocean shipments from Asia through its OceanGuaranteed^SM service. Con-way Freight is a certified FAST highway carrier and is ISO 9001- and 14001-, C-TPAT/PIP, ACE- and CSA-certified.

Con-way Freight is a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), a $4.7 billion diversified freight transportation and logistics services company. For more information, visit www.con-way.com/freight.

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